

| Subject: | Re: HELP! Clutch slave-cylinder bolts??? |
| From: | Laurence Smith |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:35:35 -0500 |
I used a Dremmel saw and cut the head off that rear bolt. It was the only way I found to make progress. ------------------------- Laurence Smith Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 90 Westy (fanumbos) 87 GL ------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of ok artguy > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 12:27 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: HELP! Clutch slave-cylinder bolts??? > > > Okay, I've got the bus jacked up and torn apart, blocking > my wife's side of > the driveway, trying to replace the clutch slave cylinder. > For the life of > me, I can not figure out how to get to the rear bolt! It's > (of course) > turning when I try to loosen the nut, and of course all > access to the > underside is blocked by the bracket. Attempts to jam the > bolthead with a > screwdriver have been unsuccessful. It appears that I can > remove the circlip > for the clutch arm, and thereby remove the arm AND the > bracket so that I can > unbolt the slave cylinder off the bus. Is this the way to > go? It seems that > even if I were able to get the bolt off where it is now, > I'd never be able > to get it back on... Any insight is MUCH apppreciated. MTIA- > > JJ > Oklahoma City > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >
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